An almanac brings to mind seasons, celestial cycles and terrestrial forecasts—an assembly of disparate pieces of information, once seemingly disconnected, converge to bring new patterns to light—presenting observations of the past with anticipation for the future.
In this survey of images, there is something suspended between them—something that is just out of reach—our eyes looking for patterns, our minds wanting to rest on a theme to bind them together—a satisfying mystery: in obscured faces and hazy silhouettes, in glowing orbs of light, in abstraction and in eerie portals that beckon us in.
But what truly connects these images is the fact that they were chosen. Each contributing Gallery 44 member chose an image—they are proud of, interested in, working with, or working through; a visual compilation of observations, thoughts, themes, inspirations and curiosities—to represent the past year. It is a record of seemingly tangential pieces that coalesce into a greater whole to describe our collective past, to help us understand our present, a premonition of what may come based on what has been.
If this almanac shows us what comes next, we are so excited to see it.
Featuring work from:
Ajeuro Abala, Joy Adeola, Mo Aghaee, Abhijit Alka Anil, Tobi Asmoucha, Attila Ataner, Ismayil Atmaca, Jackson Bailey, David Belenski, Lawrence Bernstein, C.A. Brannagan, Mike Callaghan, Stephen Della Casa, Jen Chan, Jaewon Choi, Samuel Choisy, Jeyolyn Christi, Maria Ciampini, Celeste Cole, Antony Creary, Ashley Culver, Mehdi Dandi, Carmin Davidson, Patricio Davila, Ben Dickey, Ulla Djelweh, Zara Dorafshan, Marc DuBoisson, Lin Duperron, Magida El-Kassis, Courtney Fairweather, John Faragher, Tommy Feiler, Nas Filho, Allie Fisher, Richelle Forsey, Andrew Gammell, Eric Garsonnin, Ivan Goncharov, Danielle Goshay, David Groff, Tulin Gundogdu, Brian Hart, Shafina Hayat, Matt Hertendy, Cheryl Hoffmann, Deja Hosein, Sherif Hosni, Leah Hunter, Zoobia Ilyas, Nellie Jalalzadeh, Tim Johnston, Azia Jonelle, Thulasi Jothiravi, Tommy Keith, Shebonti Khandaker, Mike Lau, Jennifer Lee, Heather Legere, Frank Lepre, Lu Lopez, Fred Lum, Loraine Luong, Christine Mack, Andrew Macrae, Jude Marion, Justine McCloskey, Ed McDonough, Kadee McFarlane, Elizabeth McMillan, Marzieh Miri, Mujtaba Mirza, Eliza Moore, Devonte Morris, Muna Muse, Jilan Nasher, Alex Neumann, Oliver Ng, James Oepkes, Joachim Oepkes, Olukunle Ogunmokun, Ademola Oladipo, Jessica O'Lear, Savannah Onofrey, Joan Patch, James Paul, Zoi de la Peña, Selena Phillips-Boyle, Gerald Pisarzowski, Lena Pogrebnaya, Atia Pokorny, Negar Pooya, Zack Pospieszynski, Sheel Radia, Parvaneh Radmard, Michael Raines, Sandi Ralph, Ramo, Kiely Ramos, Jorge Rangel, Anthony Ranieri, Peggy Taylor Reid, Janne Reuss, Ivan Rupeš, Nadine Ryan, Curtis Saretske, Ana Sasic, David Scriven, WOO SEE-MING, Sarah Sheard, Yafang Shi, David Shuken, Laurence Siegel,Diwya De Silva, Raquel Simões, Harry Singh, Kristofer Sonderskov-Lamb, Nick Spector, Peter Sramek, Molly Steels, Kyle Tait, Shaza Tarig, Fernando Terrazzino, Aum Thiruvoth, Robert Thomas, Nika Thompson, Annie Tong, Kevin Tran, Carmen Tu, Gabrielle Tyrie, Charun Upara, Leonila Varzhevska, Ryan Venedam, Yixi Wan, Grace Wang, Sydney Waters, Shelley Wildeman, Meagan Williams, Drew Williamson, Oliver Wood, Rebecca Wood, Olivia Woods, Sarah Wright, Kate Young
